Psychology, Eighth Edition by David G. Myers

Psychology’s roots Early Science Contemporary Psychology Subfields Study Skills

 A) the study of behavior and mental processes.  B) the study of behavior.  C) the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.  D) the science of behavior and consequences. 2

 A) knowledge is something we are born with.  B) knowledge is something taught and learned.  C) the mind is the result of bodily fluids.  D) the mind is the activity of the brain. 2

 A) Socrates  B) Plato  C) Descartes  D) Aristotle 2

 A) Plato  B) Bacon  C) Aristotle  D) Descartes 3

 A) Bacon  B) Locke  C) Descartes  D) Plato 3

 A) Wilhelm Wundt.  B) Sigmund Freud.  C) John Locke.  D) B.F. Skinner. 4

 A) the experimental method  B) cause-and-effect relationships  C) introspection  D) psychoanalysis 4

 A) John Locke  B) Charles Darwin  C) Sigmund Freud  D) Francis Bacon 5

 A) being the first female president of the APA.  B) being a leading proponent of structuralism.  C) being the first female graduate student, thanks to Titchner.  D) all of the above. 5

 A) Washburn.  B) Titchner.  C) Wundt.  D) James. 6

 A) high esteem of psychoanalysis.  B) dismissal of introspection.  C) definition of psychology as the study of behavior and mental processes.  D) study of cognitive neuroscience. 7

 A) biological.  B) psychological.  C) psychoanalytical.  D) social-cultural. 10

 A) social-cultural  B) neuroscience  C) evolutionary  D) biological 11

 A) nature works on what nature endows.  B) learning is far more important than genetics.  C) genetics is far more important than learning.  D) we are born with a blank slate until learning occurs. 10

 A) neuroscience  B) evolutionary  C) cognitive  D) psychodynamic 11

 A) counseling psychologist.  B) clinical psychologist.  C) personality psychologist.  D) developmental psychologist. 12

 A) clinical psychologist  B) neuropsychologist  C) psychiatrist  D) all of the above 13

 A) industrial/organizational psychologist.  B) clinical psychologist.  C) social psychologist.  D) cognitive psychologist. 12

 A) applied research.  B) academic research.  C) basic research.  D) theoretical research. 12

 A) Biological Psychology.  B) Cognitive Psychology.  C) Personality Psychology.  D) Industrial/Organizational Psychology. 13

 A) survey, question, review, read, reflect.  B) survey, question, read, review, reflect.  C) survey, question, read, reorganize, regurgitate.  D) study, question, re-study, re-read, review. 15

 A) short-term memory is more accurate than long-term memory.  B) studying right before the test is better than the day before.  C) spaced practice is more effective.  D) as long as he follows the SQ3R model, he should do fine. 15

 A) asking questions.  B) write down main ideas.  C) thinking about what is being said.  D) all of the above. 16

 A) cover the answers first.  B) weigh the potential of each answer.  C) eliminate the wrong answers first.  D) imagine how each answer could be the right one. 16

 A) Sigmund Freud  B) William James  C) John Locke  D) Wilhelm Wundt 16

1.C 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.D 11.B 12.C 13.C 14.A 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.C 20.D 21.B 22.C 23.D 24.A 25.B